ibabaw – Tagalog verb conjugation

Base Forms

Aspects

Infinitive	ibabaw
Complete	ibinabaw
Progressive	ibinababaw; inababaw
Contemplative	ibababaw; ababaw

Imperative

ibabaw; babawan

Other Verbs with the Same Root

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Austronesian *i
3. Proto-Austronesian *-baw
4. Proto-Austronesian *babaw
5. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *i babaw
6. Tagalog ibabaw
7. Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *i babaw (“above, on top of”), from Proto-Austronesian *i (generic marker of location in space or time) + *babaw (“upper surface, top; highlands; on, upon, over, above”). Cognate with Paiwan vavaw (“up, above”), Kavalan babaw (“upper surface, upper part, top”), Palauan bab (“area/space above, top, surface”), and Māori waho (“outside”). The i- prefix is likely related to the Proto-Austronesian *i (location marker) (cf. ito, ilalim, itaas, ilaya).

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